Woman reports missing money during palm reading

YORK, Maine — A report about a stolen $50 bill led police to a palm reader and a zoo, but not the cash.

Elizabeth Dinan

YORK, Maine — A report about a stolen $50 bill led police to a palm reader and a zoo, but not the cash.

The investigation began July 21, at 2:28 p.m., when a Massachusetts woman told police she was palms-up in Palm Readers, with her purse on the floor of the Railroad Avenue shop when the $50 disappeared, according to Sgt. Martin Doherty. During the palm reading, another woman picked up the purse, handed it to the woman having her palm read and told her, "be careful with your purse or someone will steal it," said Doherty.

The purse owner told police that when she went to pay for the fortune telling, a $50 bill was missing from her wallet. As that women left to get more cash from an ATM, the woman who handed her the purse earlier paid for a palm reading with a $50 bill, said Doherty.

Two hours later, the alleged victim saw the alleged suspect in York’s Wild Kingdom and phoned police. Interviews were conducted inside the zoo, where the suspect denied committing the theft and her husband showed police several $50 bills he had in his possession, said Doherty.

Investigating officers determined there was not enough evidence to charge anyone with a crime, and officers were cleared from the scene, said the police sergeant.

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